Calling all durian lovers, it’s
happening now at Dataran Merdeka; the Durian festival from 29 to 31 July 2016
from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. This festival is an initiative from Lembaga Pemasaran
Pertanian Persekutuan (FAMA), and is a joint venture between Kementerian Pertanian dan
Asas Tani, DBKL and Tourism Malaysia.
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| The stage is set for the launching tomorrow |
Since my office is at the Straits
Trading Building, I had the opportunity to walk down to Dataran Merdeka and see
the entire buzz going on there during lunch time and after office hours.
The durian stores were particularly
crowded with the locals and tourists. All you need to do is choose your
durians, weigh the durian, pay for your durian and eat your durian (Pilih,
Timbang, Bayar & Makan). The choices were:-
(a) D101
– RM20 per kilo;
(b) Musang
King – RM33 per kilo.
Musang King was sold out during lunch time and they said the next batch will come in the evening. I went again in the evening but there were no signs of Musang King, only D101.
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| Entrance to the world of durian |
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| Choose your durian, weigh and pay |
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| Durian put into containers for you if you decide not to eat the durian there. If durian is bad, they will be able to exchange the durian for you. |
During lunch time, the locals and
tourists were feasting on the durians for lunch and there were tables and
chairs prepared. It was so difficult to find a table. There were also other
stores selling coconut juice and other drinks to go along with the durians.
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| No more tables |
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| Lempuk Durian |
Apart from durians, there were also
other stores selling durian ice-creams and other food associated with durians.
Also, the local farmers brought plants to be sold at the event. There were food
trucks, selling local food like lemang & ketupat together with chicken and
beef rending, ice-blended drinks, mangos and mangos juices, fried chicken,
squid and soft shell crabs.
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| Selling plants |
Food truck selling fried chicken, squib and soft crab shell
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| Food truck selling lemang & ketupat and rendang chicken and beef |
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| Durian ice-cream |
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| Other fruits for sale apart from durian |
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| Fried mushroom and wedges |
Foreigners were having a go with
the local food and the prices were reasonable. Go and visit for yourself. This is the food and drink I bought today:-
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| Lemang (RM10), Rendang Daging (RM10) and Rendang Ayam (RM10). I would recommend these. The beef rendang was very nice and the meat was quite tender. Rendang chicken was a bit tough. Both were not really spicy, it was just nice to my liking. The lemang was good and soft. |
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| Mango juice (RM3). It's fresh but already diluted and no longer concentrated. |
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| Fried chicken (RM7). Nothing to shout about. |
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| Fried oyster mushroom (RM3). I would recommend this. I added black pepper sauce to give the extra taste from the marinated, battered oyster mushroom |
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| Nasi Arab Lamb (RM10). |
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| 2 durian D101 (RM68). It was sweet and creamy. Worth the price I paid for. |
There are other events taking place this weekend:-
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